NERVOUS NADAL
Veteran world No 1 Rafa Nadal still gets the jitters
04 September 2017 - 05:30
New York — Even after 858 wins and 15 Grand Slam titles, Rafa Nadal still suffers from bouts of nervousness and it showed in Saturday’s 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-4 third-round win against Argentinian Leonardo Mayer at the US Open. The world No1 needed to wait for his 14th opportunity to break his opponent but by that time Mayer had taken the first set by winning the tie-break. "Of course, you are under stress when you see you have opportunities almost in every game, and you are not able to convert them," said Nadal. "At the beginning you get nerves when you don’t convert opportunities," he said.
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